Infantino’s speech to African soccer leaders was a clear criticism of Europe and South America which have dominated every World Cup and are threatening a boycott of biennial men’s tournaments.
Europe and South America have provided every team to play in all 21 World Cup finals since the first in 1930, and their historical strength has earned them at least 18 of the 32 entries at the 2022 edition in Qatar. Infantino has pushed for biennial World Cups to help other regions develop and close the gap — by giving nations more chances to qualify and players more chances to perform on the biggest stage.
Still, the backlash from all levels of European soccer since FIFA formally detailed its biennial plan in September led Infantino to say last month that any changes must be reached by consensus without doing harm to the game. “Will it be with the World Cup or will it be in another way?” he told members of CAF, which is currently the continental body most closely aligned with FIFA. “We have to study, of course, all this.”
How would a 2-year world cup give Africa a better chance? Would Europe and SA's best not compete every time? Even if there was a way to give worse teams a better chance why would you want to? Why would you want to water down the world cup. Just admit it's 100% about money
Nonsense.. I’d rather watch a competition between the best of Europe and South America anyways. Take 10 from Europe 6 from South America and it would out sell a watered down 48 team biannual World Cup. The other federations are still generations behind.
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